Monitoring of clinical efficacy and in vitro sensitivity of Plasmodium vivax to chloroquine in area along Thai Myanmar border during 2009-2010

Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of patients with P. vivax infection included in the study.

	Number (%) or median (95%CI)
*Patient characteristics:*
Number included	130 (64 females, 66 males) (17 Thais, 113 Burmeses)
Age [years: median (95% CI)]	22 (15-55)
Admission parasitaemia [/μl: median (95% CI)]	4,898 (1,206-29,480)
*Clinical outcome:*
Number (%) completed 42 days follow-up	130 (100)
Number (%) cured by day 42	130 (100)
PCT [h: median (95% CI)]	30 (18-36)
FCT [h: median (95% CI)]	24 (12-42)

Data are presented as number (%) or median (95% CI).
PCT (parasite clearance time): The time taken for the parasite count to fall below the level of microscopic detection
FCT (fever clearance time): the time taken for the temperature to return to normal, i.e., <37.3°C and remain so for at least 24 hours

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